Large Turkish Oval Blue Red EVIL EYE new fashion evil eye red keychains for woman and man car pendant A nazar (Turkish: nazar boncu?u ) is an eye-shaped amulet believed to protect against the evil eye(?evil eye?, from nazar and ?bead? from boncu?u). The word ?nazar? is derived from the Arabic ???, ?sight? or ?seeing?. It is believed that if your nazar amulet cracks or breaks, it has done its job of protecting you from some misfortune or bad luck and should be replaced!